Veteran Communications Strategist Josh Lahey Joins Podesta Group PR
National Campaign Operative to Bolster Firm’s Advertising and Strategic Communications Arm
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2015
Contact: Katie Beck
(202) 879-9322
Washington, DC – The Podesta Group announced Tuesday that Josh Lahey, tested public relations and
advertising strategist, has joined the firm’s top-ranked PR practice as a principal.
“As the playbook for moving an advocacy agenda has changed, we continue to bolster ours,” said Podesta
Group CEO Kimberley Fritts. “Josh has a long record of finding smart advertising and content solutions to
some of the most complex communications challenges. He understands how to leverage earned and paid
media to tell a brand’s story and turn outreach into action. In short – Josh knows how to win. And being
able to offer this sort of fully-integrated expanded offering of comprehensive campaign management that
Josh brings to the table to help organizations meet their strategic objectives is a win for clients.”
At Podesta Group, Lahey joins a growing team of acclaimed digital, creative and strategic
communications specialists where he will help lead the integration of content and cutting-edge analytics
technology into large-scale communications and advertising campaigns.
Lahey has been on the frontlines of some of the most high-profile political and advocacy campaigns of
the past two decades. He brings 15 years of experience successfully leading client engagements on
earned and paid media strategy, campaign design, messaging, content development, and delivering
results on the campaign trail for top national political candidates.
Formerly Executive Vice President and Director of Advertising at McBee Strategic and Managing Director
at Glover Park Group, Lahey has been responsible for directing large-scale, integrated advocacy,
advertising and media buying campaigns as a strategic adviser for global corporations and high-profile
associations, with a focus on energy, transportation, health care and financial services issues. His work
includes efforts on behalf of America’s Natural Gas Alliance, French rail giant SNCF and the Regional
Airline Association, as well as Gilead Sciences and PhRMA.
Previously, Lahey was a founding partner of Democratic opposition research firm, Ginsberg-Lahey. He
also spent a decade working in Democratic politics, serving as an adviser on the Gore for President
campaign, and helped spearhead operations in the Democratic National Convention’s speechwriting
department during the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 conventions.
Lahey graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and resides in Washington, DC with his wife Amy
Rosenbaum and their three children.
About the Podesta Group
Employing inventive strategies to deliver results, the Podesta Group has been helping leading organizations achieve their policy
goals for over 20 years. Ranked among the very best, the Podesta Group is a full-service, bipartisan government relations and
global public affairs firm that The New York Times calls one of Washington, DC’s “biggest players.” With a keen understanding of
the intersection between policy and publicity, and the broad, substantive experience to get things done, the Podesta Group
changes outcomes. Driven. Inspired. Smart. We are the Podesta Group. For more information, visit www.podestagroup.com.